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Every discussion about the OnePlus 2 (just like the One before it) is going to revolve around the process of requiring an invite to actually buy the phone. No matter how much you're a fan of the design, features or software, when it comes to just buying a OnePlus 2 you've gotta stand in line, sign up to be considered or bug your friends on social media.
But what if the invite system is...

This is obviously a very broad prompt for the latest Android Central Photo Contest, but that just gives you even more opportunities to showcase what you can do with your Android camera. We want to see interesting, clever and fun ways to show the word "water," and can't wait to see what you can all come up with.
Two entries will be selected to win this contest, and each will receive a TYLT VU...

Every time a hot new phone comes on the scene, the instant reaction is to compare it to one of the biggest names — the leading Galaxy S device from Samsung of the year. This year it's the OnePlus 2 drawing the attention of phone enthusiasts, and the Galaxy S6 is the current big name in Android phones.
We've had just a brief time with the new OnePlus 2, and considerably more with the GS6 — here...

We waited patiently for the latest photo contest to fill up with great entrants from our members, and we were rewarded with several pages of wonderful pictures. They all had something unique to show, and it was tough to narrow it down to the two eventual winners — read along and see them now.

Aviate Launcher has garnered hype since it first debuted on Android, and after being acquired by Yahoo has actually seen steady improvement through updates. It's been a year since we first wrote a review of the launcher, and now it's time to take a fresh look and see how it works today.
Aviate aims to analyze at how you use your phone to better surface information and apps that are relevant...

The OnePlus 2 is one of the first phones to be announced with a USB-C port, and that means OnePlus had to have a USB-C cable in the box. It didn't just take any old USB-C cable off the shelf, though — it designed its own cable from the ground up and it's pretty awesome. With so few vendors currently offering USB-C cables OnePlus thought it was a good idea to sell it directly, though, and it...

Motorola held a much-anticipated event, and blew the doors off with some great announcements.Three new phones — the Moto X Style, Moto X Play and Moto G 2015 — made their debut, each bringing something interesting to the table, and Motorola even managed to release a couple accessories at the same time. Feel like you missed something? Don't worry, we have you covered right here.

Launched alongside the new Moto X Style, the Moto X Play is a slightly lower-end model destined for Europe, Latin America and Canada that has its own draws. It doesn't have all of the highest-end internals compared to the X Style, but it does offer many of the same features and a larger battery.

Motorola updated the Moto G to a 2015 model, sticking to the same model that has served it so well in the previous generations. You're getting a lot of bang for your buck here with solid specs, SD card support, Lollipop on board and capable camera specs.

Motorola threw a little bit of a curveball when refreshing its Moto X line, giving us two devices instead of one. The higher-end of the two is the Moto X Style, packing lots of high-end specs and a larger size than last year, with some subtle design changes as well. It still offers Moto Maker customization, as you'd expect, and in the U.S. it'll be available as a Pure Edition with no carrier...

The OnePlus 2 is now fully announced, but you may have missed some of the final #hypetrain late at night when OnePlus finally took the wraps off of its latest phone. The OnePlus 2 was officially unveiled via a VR experience taking you through the OnePlus offices, but you don't need to go relive that experience to take in all of the information about the so-called "2016 flagship killer."...

While the OnePlus 2 may not look dramatically different from its predecessor the One, there's a lot of new hardware to look at in the second OnePlus device. The OnePlus 2 brings a full metal frame to the table, and keeps around the StyleSwap covers to offer five different material finishes and colors.

The OnePlus 2 is finally here, and while the experience of actually using it is the most important part of the phone, it needs to be backed up by solid internals to give it the best shot. These are the specs that make the OnePlus 2 run, and we've listed them all here down to the gritty details.

Google Photos is steadily adding subtle new features to its service through updates to its apps and website, and one of the lesser-known new features is the ability to add a custom description to an individual photo. It just takes a few taps or clicks to get it done, and when you come back to a photo months or years later it could help you remember just what was going on.

This isn't the Chromebook for everyone, but it offers enough to be a compelling option for those who need ultimate portability.
The quick take
The Chromebook Flip is pushing the envelope of what we consider a "standard" Chromebook, with extreme portability, good components and the option to convert into a pseudo-tablet. At 10.1 inches and less than two pounds it's easily the smallest...

Updates to the Google Photos app and website today have added a couple new ways of adding to and tweaking albums. In version 1.2 of the app, when viewing an individual photo you'll now see a new "Add to album" option in the overflow menu, which will let you create a new album with just that photo or add to a previously-created one. While you've always been able to do this from the main gallery...

As its successor nears, the Moto X 2014 has a new lease on life with the Android 5.1 update
Though we all cheered when Motorola swiftly updated the Moto X 2014 to Lollipop soon after Android 5.0's release, it was immediately clear that the jump from KitKat introduced some issues. Choppy performance, a few quirky bugs and a generally unstable vibe came with the update, leaving owners feeling a...

Two weeks after the Lollipop update finally arrived on the Droid Turbo, we're getting another tiny update on top of it from Verizon. The small OTA is hitting Turbos right now bumping the software version ever-so-incrementally from 23.11.38 to 23.11.39. A check of the Verizon software update support documents show this as simply being the Android 5.1 update, leading us to think that anyone still...

Project Fi does a few innovative things that set it apart subtly from other carrier offerings, and one of the lesser-advertised features is the ability to "pause" service on a whim without any hoops to jump through. Pausing service isn't something offered by other carriers, and lets you simply disable your phone for as long as you want and instantly resume service with the press of a button....

The ASUS Chromebook Flip is the first 10-inch convertible Chromebook, which means it can work as a traditional laptop but also fold into multiple positions, including a tablet-like mode that leverages its touchscreen capabilities. The external hardware is neat, but the specs running the show under the hood are also important.

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